Improvement in wood-incased barreis



A. W. BLYE. Wood-Incased Barrel.

No. 199,405. I Patehted Jan. 22, I878.

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UNITED STATES :PA'I'EN'I' 'oFFIc-n.

ALPHONSO WV. BLYE, OF SYRACUSE, NEW YORK.

IMPROVEMENT 'INI WOOD-lNCAS'E'D- BA RR'ELS.

- Specification forming part of Letters Patent No. 199,405, datedJanuary 22, 1878; application filed September 13, 1876.

To all whom it magi concern: Be it known that I, ALPnoNsoW. BLYE,

of Syracuse, in the county of Onondaga and- State of New York, haveinvented certain new and useful Improvements 1 in Wood-Incased Barrels,which improvements are fully set forth in the following specificationandaccompanyv I i and surround it with a screw-nozzle, a, covered ingdrawings.

The object of my invention is to furnish to the trade an-improved barrelfor the carriage and shipment of, as well as to permanentlyhold,

volatile fluids, such as benzine and naphtha, and also those whichpossess great penetrating power, such as kerosene-oils It is well knownthat a wooden barrel-will not carry such liquids without loss'fromleakage,'owing-to their penetratingand gradually oozing through thewood; and this especially occurs when this class of liquids is exposedto the heat of the sun, or encounters the heat of warm climates inshipment or otherwise. -An all-metal barrel would obviate thisdifliculty, but without a protecting-casin g would be-very liable todamage by jamming, or by a knock breaking or cracking the metal.

In view of the facts above set forth a metallined wooden barrel, or awood-incased metal barrel, having the outward shape of an ordinaryoil-barrel, and combining the qualities of cheapness, durability, andfacility of handling, has long been a desideratum; and to supply such abarrel is the object of my invention.

In carrying out this objectIform a straight cylindrical inner case ofone piece of sheet metal, and support it centrally within a bilgedwooden case or barrel formed of staves; and I provide it withfirmly-secured inner metal heads and outer wooden heads, and also withspigot and bung holes suitably covered and guarded, and especiallyadapted to the barrel as otherwise constructed, and all of which will behereinafter fully described with reference to the drawing, whichrepresents a longitudinal central section of my invention.

In constructing a barrel according to my invention, I first form ahollow cylinder, A, of galvanized iron or other suitable sheet metal,and of about the length of an ordinary oilbarrel, and having near eachend a circumferential bead, b, the concavity of which is inward. Intoeach of these ends I let a dished metal head, B, its concave faceoutward, and

its periphery extending into the concavity of the bead b, which holdsthe concave head, and, in addition to this function, gives firmness totheend of the cylinder. These heads may be further secured by soldering.V

- In one of the heads I make a spigot-hole,

by a screw-cap,a, and in one side of the cylinder, at its middle, I cuta bung-hole and surround it with a similar but larger nozzle, 0, coveredby'a screw-cap, 0'. These nozzles and caps' project into apertures inthe outer wooden case, which will be hereinafter described. The innermetal part ofmy barrel being thus formed, I surround it with an outerwooden casing, 0, made of staves, after the fashion and having the bilgeof 'an ordinary oil-barrel, the edges of said staves being closetogether, and the ends thereof flush with the ends of the cylinder. I 3m In order to support the metal cylinder centrally within itswooden-Icase, and also. to

strengthen the latter andassistinpreserving its bilging shape, I placearound said cylinder bands or thick hoops D, the inner peripheries ofwhich are parallel with and fit "closely upon the surface of saidcylinder, while their outer peripheries are beveled to conform to theincreasing diameter toward the bung of the wooden case, againstthe innersurface of which closely fit the beveled faces of said bands or thickhoops D, which should be placed equidistant from the bung at each sidethereof, two bands being usually sufficient but four or more may be usedif necessary.

Around the outer wooden casingI place iron hoops E, similar to'thoseordinarily used, for

:the purpose of holding the staves in place.

Two of these hoops are of such size that when driven tightly upon saidcase they will be in the same diametrical plane with the bands D, andkeep the staves snugly thereagainst.

In each end of the cylinder I place a plauoconvex wooden outer head, F,which fits tightly within the projecting end or chine Gr, its con vexface fitting the dished or concave face of the metal head B, and thiswooden head is secured in its place by a stout metal ring, H fittingoutside thereof and within the chine Gr.

Aroimd the ends or chines of the outer wooden casing G are chine-hoopsE, through which (the "staves of the wooden casing and the head-- ringH) I pass rivets e, which secure in place both the chine-hoops and thehead-rings. In addition to their function of retaining in position thewooden heads, the rings H serve to re-enforce the metal chines G, andprevent their being driven away from the chine of the wooden casing; andthe complete rigid chine thus formed for my barrel renders it capable ofbeing turned on end without injury.

In one of the staves, usually called the bung-stave, of the outer casingG, I cut an aperture similar to a bung-hole, but a little larger than abung-hole is usually cut, and into the aperture project the screw-nozzlec and its cap 0, before referred to, the top of the cap being flush withthe outer surface of the wooden casing, so that the barrel may be rolledwithout interference from the said nozzle. The aperture in the bung-stave is of such size as to allow ready access to the screw-cap 0 whenit is desired to remove the same. The spigot-nozzle a in the head of thebarrel projects into a similar aperture in the wooden head I and is thusprotected from injury, while its cap a may be readily removed.

The wooden heads may, if desired, be flat on both sides, and join themetal heads only at their beaded seats.

The placing of the metal heads B in their seats, formed by theoutward-projecting beads b, and with their concave sides outward, givesthe advantage of avoiding upsetting or flanging the edges of said heads,and of using rivets to secure them. This is important, as it does not doto use rivets to effect the connection of the heads in metaloil-barrels.

The inward concave grooves formed by the beads and the solder at thegrooves seal the junction at these parts. With the beaded seats themetal heads could not be secured with their concave sides inward,because in such case the wooden heads would be their only support 5 butas I have combined the, two heads B F with the inward cylinder-groove,the latter not only makes the seal, but gives the necessary support forthe metal head.

The wooden bands D, while serving to give the required bilge to thewooden case, serve also to prevent the metal cylinder from spreadingbetween the heads B B, and thus prevent the possible opening of thesealing and holding grooves, as these bands are firmly bound by theouter hoops and staves.

I claim 1. In a wood-incased metal barrel, the straight metal cylinderA, having inward grooves formed by the outward beads b b, in combinationwith the metal heads B B, having their concave sides outward and theiredges fitted into said grooves and sealed, as described.

2. The combination, in a wood-incased metal barrel, of the concave metalheads B B, the straight metal cylinder A, having the beads b b, forminginward grooves to receive and seal the edges of said concave heads, theplanoconvex heads F F, and the metal end rings H H, all constructed foruse as herein set forth.

3. A wood-incased metal barrel having the inner metal headsB, the outerwooden heads, and the beads 11, the inner grooves of which and thecircumference of the wooden heads join and give the proper support andseat to the circumference of the metal heads, having their concave sidesoutward, as herein set forth.

4. The combination, with the metal cylinder A, having inward grooves inits body, the metal heads B B, inwardly curved and fitted into saidbody-grooves, and the outer heads F F, of the outer staves 0, theirbinding-hoops E E, and the inner bilging-bands D, all constructed asherein set forth.

ALPHONSO W. BLYE.

Witnesses (J. W. SMITH, E. W. KINNE.

